Principal Software Engineer - Switch Design

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PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - SWITCH DESIGN Date: Jul 23, 2026 Location: San Jose, California, United States Company: Super Micro Computer JOB REQ ID: 27967 ABOUT SUPERMICRO: Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide.

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Qualifications

• Supermicro is seeking an experienced and exceptional Principal Software Engineer - Switch Design to work on web-based applications for business process automation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline is preferred; Master’s degree is a plus
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in networking switch products development or other similar technical position
• Experience working with Linux or other like networking operating systems
• Programming experience with C/C++ and Python
• Strong grounding in data structures and algorithms
• In-depth understanding of packet forwarding, operating systems internals, algorithms, and computer architecture
• Experience working on network operating system like SONiC, ONL is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with network protocols, including EVPN VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, IGMP, PIM, and Layer 2 networking concepts (VLAN, STP, ERPS) is preferred.
• Experience working with switching chips (Ex: Broadcom XGS)
• Excellent communication and teamwork

Responsibilities

• Includes the following essential
• other
• may also be assigned):
• Adopting existing firmware code and work on new or different switch hardware platforms.
• Developing and implementing low-level software that directly interacts with switch hardware platforms.
• Debugging and optimizing ported F/W to ensure proper functionality/performance/stability on the platforms.
• Creating and maintaining documentation for ported F/W and related process.
• Collaborating with hardware engineers and other software teams to ensure seamless integration of ported F/W.
• Performing code reviews and adhering to F/W development best practices.
• Troubleshooting F/W issue cross different switch hardware configuration.
• Monitor progress across the group’s responsibility for the feature area
• Work across different HW, FW and SW departments/groups to identify and resolve technical issues

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